Bruce Handy’s “Hollywood High” is an entertaining history of the films that emerged after teenagers became a cultural force.

We are catching up today with Anthony Michael Hall...of 'Sixteen Candles"' and 'The Breakfast Club"' fame. The longtime actor--and producer--does both jobs for his latest movie, "Roswell Delirium." ...

To Anthony Michael Hall — who played "the Geek" in Sixteen Candles — costar Michael Schoeffling was "like a big brother." "Hollywood is like campus," noted the actor. "You kind of run into ...

Take a minute to process that if you need to. Hall was one of that decade's biggest teen stars, with appearances in Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Weird Science. He was a frequent ...

Handy also notes how many teen films now seem dated. “Sixteen Candles in particular hasn’t aged well,” he writes, “burdened by its appalling caricature of a horny Chinese exchange student ...

With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly older boy Jake, but ...

The Cusack siblings, who had small supporting roles in Sixteen Candles, were apparently in the running for Hughes’ next project as well. But ultimately Hughes cast Judd Nelson in the role of “the ...